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On this day in space! July 30, 1610: Galileo sees Saturn's rings for the 1st time
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Hanneke Weitering, Tariq Malik
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On July 30, 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe Saturn's rings through a telescope, though he initially misidentified them as 'love handles' or moons. It took until 1659 for Christiaan Huygens to correctly identify the features as rings.
Galileo thought Saturn's rings were "love handles" of a sort or moons, but they were actually something more spectacular.
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